Trails & Sails
Essex County, Massachusetts
Now in its 24th year, Trails & Sails is your ticket to adventure across Essex County, Massachusetts – a region recognized as a National Heritage Area for its rich history,...
Free
12 events found.
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Events
Waterfront Reflections: Gloucester’s Harbor Village Walking Tour
Cape Ann Museum
Saturday, September 13, 2025 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Cape Ann Museum Courtyard, Downtown Campus 27 Pleasant St, Gloucester, MA, 01930 $10 for CAM Members, $20 for non-members Registration Required This walking tour looks at changes in Gloucester’s Harbor Village as it advanced from the home of a few to the workplace of many during...
$10 – $20
Benedict Arnold in Danvers
Tapley Memorial Hall
Arnold was still on the Patriots' side of the Revolution, he and his troops camped in Danvers? One of the most strategic and daring exploits of the patriot cause during...
Free
Patriots and Privateers of Revolutionary Middle Street
Cape Ann Museum
Friday, September 19, 2025 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Cape Ann Museum Courtyard, Downtown Campus 27 Pleasant St, Gloucester, MA, 01930 $10 for CAM Members, $20 for non-members Registration Required...
$10 – $20
Newburyport’s Revolution: Through a Howling Wilderness: 1775 March to Quebec
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Newburyport
Newburyport's Road to Revolution Presents: Through a Howling Wilderness: Benedict Arnold's March to Quebec, 1775 📅 Friday, September 19, 2025 – 7:00 p.m.📍 St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Newburyport, MA Exactly...
Free – $10
Beyond Salem: The History and Legacy of the European Witch Trials
101 Forest Avenue, Swampscott, MA 01907
Most New Englanders are very familiar with the outbreak of the witch craze in 17th century Salem, Massachusetts depicted in Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible, but many have never heard of the Burning Times, a period of roughly 150 years in Europe during which tens of thousands of victims, mostly women and girls, were tortured...
Free
Architectural Walking Tours: Newburyport’s Fashionable Old Houses
Museum of Old Newbury
Architectural styles, like clothing, come into fashion for functional, aesthetic, economic and social reasons. Over time homeowners renovate, enhance, and adapt to reflect changing times and fashions. Join us for a walking tour of Newburyport’s architectural styles from the 18th and 19th centuries as found along High Street and the neighborhood near the Museum of...
$10 – $20
Walking Tour: Historic Dogtown, A Walk Back in Time
Babson Boulder Parking
Sunday, September 21, 2025 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Babson Boulder Parking Cherry Street, Gloucester, MA 01930 $10 for CAM Members, $20 for non-members Registration Required On Cape Ann, the...
$10 – $20
The 1775 Quebec Expedition from Newburyport: Following Their Footsteps
Central Congregational Church Newburyport MA
On September 19, 1775, over 1,100 men departed Newburyport on a secret mission to capture Quebec—led by Benedict Arnold and planned with George Washington. Join Jack Santos as he recounts...
Free – $10
Harbor Views: The Paintings of Fitz Henry Lane Walking Tour
Cape Ann Museum
Friday, September 26, 2025 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Cape Ann Museum Courtyard, Downtown Campus 27 Pleasant St, Gloucester, MA, 01930 $10 for CAM Members, $20 for non-members Registration Required Delve into the 19th century on this tour through the neighborhoods and waterfront areas that inspired the artwork of native son Fitz Henry Lane (1804-1865)....
$10 – $20
Walking Tour: Ed & Jo Hopper’s Houses, Views from Portuguese Hill
Cape Ann Museum
Saturday, September 27, 2025 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Cape Ann Museum Courtyard, Downtown Campus 27 Pleasant St, Gloucester, MA, 01930 $10 for CAM Members, $20 for non-members Registration Required Explore the specific sites in the area of Gloucester known as Portuguese Hill depicted by renowned American realist painter Edward Hopper (1882-1967). Hopper is known...
$10 – $20
CAM Talk – Gloucester & Essex Shipbuilding Connections, with KD Montgomery
Cape Ann Museum Green
Saturday, September 27, 2025 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Janet & William Ellery James Center CAM Green, 13 Poplar Street, Gloucester, MA 01930 CAM Members Free, Non-Members $10 Registration is required as space is limited. Six vessels captured in photographs on view in Down to the Sea, the Photographs of Ernest L. Blatchford were built...
$10.
